People break my heart. Every single one of them does. In settings that range from rural fishing communities to the urban capital the stories of Cabin Clearing Forest are a lyrical road map to the human landscape of contemporary Alaska. In Blue Ticket a stranger finds solace in a Juneau homeless encampment. Old friends argue over the pleasures and perils of smalltown life in A Beginners Guide to Leaving Your Hometown and in Every Island Longs for the Continent a young family falls apart af